Quotes from Napoleon Hill

There is a difference between Wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task.

definite chief aim.

Millions of children have had their imagination dwarfed and retarded by parents who removed as much as possible of the urge of necessity. By "making it easy" for your child you may be depriving the world of a genius. Bear in mind the fact that most of the progress that man has made came as the result of bitter, biting NECESSITY!

Happiness is always just around the bend; always in sight but just out of reach.

The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Intelligent planning is essential for success in any undertaking designed to accumulate riches.

Las decepciones amorosas, generalmente tienen el efecto de conducir a los hombres a la bebida, y a las mujeres a la ruina; y esto, porque la mayoría de la gente nunca aprende el arte de transmutar sus emociones más fuertes en sueños de carácter constructivo.

DOING A THING WELL NEVER IS TROUBLE!

Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to quiet your nerves? If so, why do you not try will-power instead?

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

There is no such thing as something for nothing.

Worry is a state of mind based on fear.

war grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.

The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.

It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.

No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.